Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2001-20 quick reference tool special emergency procurement authorities--summary matrix.

                                           Temporary Emergency
                          Current          Procurement Authority

Effective Date                             12/28/2002-9/30/2003
Applicability                              Funds Obligated by DoD
Micro-purchase               $2,500        $15,000
Threshold (Construc-
tion)                       ($2,000)       ($2,000)
Simplified Acquisition    ($100,000)       For "contingency" inside
Threshold                                  U.S. = $250,000
Purchase Outside          ($200,000)       To support defense against
U.S. for Contingency                       terrorism or chemical/
or Peacekeeping/                           biological attack in
Humanitarian Opns                          "contingency" outside
                                           U.S. = $500,000
Commercial Item Rules     Use Part 12 for  Treat buys for biotechnology
                          Commercial       & biotechnology services as
                          Items            Commercial Items
                          Use FAR 13.5     Not Applicable
                          SAP for
                          Commercial
                          Items to $5M
Small Business Set-       $2,500-          $15,000-$100,000
Aside (FAR 19.502)        $100,000
Very Small Business       $2,500-          $15,000-$50,000
Pilot Program (FAR        $50,000
19.903)
Dollar Limit on Sole      $5M with         Not Applicable
Source 8(a) (FAR          (NAICS) Mfg &
19.805)                   $3M all others
HUBZone                   $5M (NAICS)      Not Applicable
                          Mfg, $3M other
                          (NAICS)
Buy-American Act          Apply to         Apply to solicitations &
Clause (FAR 52.225-1)     solicitations &  contracts over $15,000
                          contracts over
                          $2,500

                                                Special Emergency
                       Homeland Security Act    Procurement Authority

Effective Date         1/24/2003-11/24/2003     February 23, 2004
Applicability          Solicitations Issued     Acquisitions of supplies
                       by Federal Agencies      or services that, as
                                                determined by the head
                                                of the agency, are to
                                                be used to support a
                                                contingency operation
                                                or to facilitate the
                                                defense against or the
                                                recovery from nuclear,
                                                biological, chemical,
                                                or radiological
                                                attack.*
Micro-purchase          $7,500                  $15,000
Threshold (Construc-   ($2,000)                 ($2,000)
tion)
Simplified             For "contingency opns"
Acquisition Threshold  inside U.S. = $200,000   For procurements* in
                                                U.S. = $250,000
Purchase Outside       To support defense
U.S. for Contingency   against, recovery from
or Peacekeeping/       terrorism or             Outside U.S. = $500,000
Humanitarian Opns      chem/bio/nuclear/
                       radiological attack in
                       "contingency opns"
                       outside U.S. = $300,000
Commercial Item Rules  Treat buys to support    --Applicable supplies &
                       defense against,         services* may be
                       recovery from terrorism  treated as commercial
                       or chem/bio/nuclear/     items.
                       radiological attack as   --Sole Source contracts
                       Commercial Items.        over $15M for such
                                                items are not exempted
                                                from CAS or cost/
                                                pricing data
                       requirements.
                       Use FAR 13.5 SAP with    Use FAR 13.5 SAP up to
                       UNLIMITED $              $10M
Small Business Set-    $7,500-$100,000          $15,000-$250,000
Aside (FAR 19.502)     For "contingency opns"
                       inside U.S. =
         $7,500-$200,000
Very Small Business    $7,500-$50,000           Not Applicable
Pilot Program (FAR
19.903)
Dollar Limit on Sole   Eliminated dollar        Not Applicable
Source 8(a) (FAR       limitations on Sole
19.805)                Source 8(a)
                       acquisitions
                       and HUBZone Sole Source
HUBZone                for buys to support      Not Applicable
                       defense against,
                       recovery from terrorism
                       or chem/bio/nuclear/
                       radiological attack.
Buy-American Act       Apply to solicitations   Apply to solicitations
Clause (FAR 52.225-1)  & contracts over $7,500  & contracts over
                                                $15,000

*This summary matrix is intended as a quick reference tool. The FAR is
the authoritative source for the use of these authorities.